Weekly Reading Round-Up
From Georgette Heyer, it was an easy hop to another set of old favorites: Kate Ross’s Julian Kestrel mysteries, Cut to the Quick and A Broken Vessel. These Regency-set mysteries are pitch-perfect when it comes to both setting and character and it makes me terribly sad to know that there will never be more than…
Read MoreHello, Connecticut and New Jersey!
Are you in the Tri-State Area? Over the next month, I’ll be doing one event in Connecticut and one in New Jersey, both with the lovely Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson. Here are the details: What: Panel and signing with Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson! When: Saturday, January 31, 5:00 Where: RJ Julia, 768 Boston…
Read MoreMore fun with foreign editions!
That Summer comes out in Germany under the title Der gestohlene Sommer on March 27th (the day before my birthday!) What do you think of the cover? It goes rather nicely with the German cover for The Ashford Affair, no? We’ll see That Summer here in the U.S. (and Canada) in paperback on May 19,…
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Happy New Year, all! As I prepare to plunge into Pink XII, it seemed eminently appropriate to round out the old year and ring in the new with Georgette Heyer. I re-read two old favorites: The Talisman Ring and The Nonesuch, both of which have quite sensible heroines and some excellent comic side characters. What…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: From the Archives
As I was cleaning up my Documents cache recently, I came upon a file intriguingly labeled “Eloise for Later Pink”. I do things like that. Every now and then, a bit of dialogue or an idea for a future book will grip me, and I’ll have to scribble it down before I lose it. And…
Read MoreAsk the Author Day!
It’s Ask the Author Day over on the Bubblebath Reader as we wrap up our discussion of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose! Do you have burning questions about Mary, Vaughn, and their assorted hangers-on? Just pop by the the Bubblebath Reader and post your question there. Happy holidays, all!
Read MorePink Carnation Cookery: Holiday Cookies
It’s Pink Carnation cookery time! In honor of the holidays and The Mischief of the Mistletoe, Christine has whipped up something rather more edible than Miss Climpson’s mince pies. (Don’t get Sally started on those.) Instead, we’ve got… holiday cookies! And now over to Christine for a cookie recipe to put us all in a…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Those Ubiquitous Vaughns
It has been noted that there is a Cecelia Heatherington-Vaughn in The Other Daughter. Not illogically, the question has been asked: is she one of those Vaughns? Yes. Yes, she is. As always, the Vaughns just won’t keep out of the way. They pop up everywhere. In my Kenya book; in my 1927 book; in…
Read MoreIf You Like….
It’s been a while since we’ve had an If You Like here! But, thanks to Betty, we’ve got a holiday themed If You Like this week. Get the gingerbread out and the cider mulling! Here’s Betty’s list of holiday reads: Christmas Mail-Order Brides is a four author collection of women seeking homes in the American…
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It’s been a literary trip down memory lane for me: I’ve gone into full scale comfort read mode (I’m in the final, agonizing phases of those revisions), which means… Scottish women’s fiction. Specifically, Alexandra Raife’s Drumveyn, Belonging, and Wild Highland Home. I adore these books. They’re all very much period pieces at this point (the…
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